The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 17, 1905, Page 51

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1905, 51 MUTUAL SAVINGS BANK BUILDING. e . Mutual Savings Bank | e e Surplus Deposits JAMES D. S. G. MURPHY JOHN A. HOOPER GEO. A. STORY C. B. HOBSON FRANK J. JAMES D. PH JOHN 4 FRANK SULL T { OF SAN FRANCISCO 4 BANKING OFFICE: 710 MARKET STREET OPPOSITE THIRD Guarantee Capital - $1,000,000 300,000, 300,000 9,900,000 Paid-Up Capital - PHELAN .... HOOPER. VAN, JAS. M, McDONALD, RUDOLPH SPRE Interest Paid on All Deposits OFFICERS: . First Vice-President Second Vice-President Secretary and Cashier sst. Sec. and Asst. Cashier .. Attorney DIRECTORS: G, MURPHY, JAMES MOFFITT, ROBT. McELROY, | CHARLES HOLBROOK, KELS. © ‘PORTABLE HOISTING ENGINES Water Tube l}oilers e | Hoisting Engines of Every Description ¢ Machine Foundry and Boiler Shop MOORE @ SCOTT IRON WORKS Successors to Marshutz & Cantrell—National Iron Works. OFFICE AND WORKS: Maini and Hoyvard Streets, San Francisco, Cal. Phone, Main 124 FIRE WINFIELD S. DAVIS CASUALTY 'J.B. F. DAVIS & SON ' [General INSURANCE Erokers MANAGERS STANDARD MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND J. D. SPRECKELS & BROS. CO., General Agents { SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE [ 215 Sansome Street 2 Telephone Private Exchange 68 & SEATTLE OFFICE 457-8-9 Colman Building Telephone Main 2437 BURT L. DAVIS MARINE WALTER J. BALL, Manager. % b3 b b4 Claussen Brewing Assoc . o ? Nevada Meat Co., Reno, 4 e car years w Nevada. end ie_equall 4 Co’lun‘:‘bia Brewing Co., Tacoma, Wash. 4 “We firmiy believe there T £ Claus Wreden Brewing Co., San Francisco, Cal. £ We are greatly pleased wi - az t £ Machinery (35-ton Compresscr, with Corliss Engine, etc.). # Hanford Ice Co., Hanford, Cal. 2 ve beileve that we have obe of Ice and Storage to express our Pl and Refrigerating wish Ice Ammenia Piping, Mineral Wool, Insulating Paper, § Built % by the VULCAN gerat'ug Machine has been in constant hout costing ue any expense for repairs.”’ your 50-ton machine, as good and will' stand Machine on the market.” no machine better than the the Vulcan Refrigerating ¢ the finest plants on the Co., Ashland, Or. Jeasure’ with the 25-ton Com- o Plant—Plate Process.” 2 WE CARRY IN STOCK Fittings, Valves, Condenser Colls, Caletum Chloride, VULCAN IRON Los Angel W We ICE MAKING.... AND REFRIGERATING MACHINES Reterences— G 00 MACHINES in Operation es Ice & Cold Storage Co., Los Angele: e have been using about 6000 Vulcan Ammoz':‘nc -1'!1'1- tings and Vaives, tings on the market and we ccnsider them one of the best fit- Dec. 16.—Mrs. Chauncey % big dinner party on Wednesday r house in Hertford street for dance at Mrs. Van Raalte’s, for the amusement of Count sckendorff, the Russian Embassador, with whom she is very friendly. In- Axv- Woman Has Slav Seecrets. deed, friends say this pretty American woman is almost as well up in Russian political secrets as the Embassador himself. At this party were the Mar- quis of Granby, Mr. and Mrs. Asquith, Sir Ernest Cassel and>Mr. Van Alen. Mrs. Chauncey has been asked by Lord and Lady Saville and Earl and Countess Fitzwilliam to join their yuletide gath- erings. The latest theory in regard to seasick- ness is that it is a nervous trouble, which can be cured by a few drops of tincture of atrophine in one of the eyes, or by uun-l ply putting a bandage over one eye WOLCOTT SAYS MINERS ASSISTED. WILL BE Director of Survey Is Ready to Give Aid - 1o States. -, ——— Terms of Van Duzer's Mining Department ~ Bill Given. —_—— Charles D. Wolcott, director of the United States Geological Survey, a: nounces that the Geological Survey e: presses its willingness to co-operate with miners and with States on all proper occasions and instances the extent to which such co-operation has already ex- tended. Some of the statements of more than common interest to miners are reproduced herewith. This year the survey is giving effective as- sistence to mining by the preparation of top graphical base maps, areal geological map: Getatled economic geological maps of mining districts, with descriptive text, studies result- ing in monographic ports on mining dstricts solve the fundamental problems of ore oc— currence and deposition, reconnoissance work and reports on new mining districts, statistics of mineral production, inspections and reports on current development of mining districts and investigations thet are beyond the power of the individual or corporation relating to the economic utilization of natural resurces, such s coal and cements. ‘Co-operation in_topographic work is now carried on with California, lllinols Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohlo, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsyl- vania and West Virginia. The appropriations made by the States for co-operative surveys in topography are used chiefly for actual fleld work, in which are included the salaries of temporary employes, who are usually residents of the State, and for the living and traveling expenses of the fleld force. It may be used for paying office salaries only so far as it 18 nec- Lssary to equalize the expenses of both parties to the co-operation. The survey is engaged In co-0] in geology with the States of Maine, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, Missouri and Wash- ington. The form of co-operation varies wide- lv. In some States, as Maine and Pennsyl- vania, an appropriation is made by the State and placed in the hands of commissioners Who are authorized to arrange for co-operation with the Federal Survey. An amount equal to the State appropriation is allotted by the Federal Survey and the work is done entirely by the latter organization. By this form of co-operation the funds available for expendi- ture on geologic werk within the State are doubled and the representatives of the State indicate the order in which various geological problems in the various parts of the State shall be nvestigated. VAN DUZER’S MEASURE. Congressman Van Duzer of Nevada has a bill to provide for the establishment of a National Department of Mines and Mining, which will be introduced in Con- gress at the present session. The leading provisions of the bill are that there shall be a secretary to be appointed by the President, to have a salary of 35000 a rear; an assistant secretary at $1000 a cear; that there shall be in the depart- rative work y ment a bureau for the collection of sta- tistics relating to mining and for the dissemination of useful information re- lating to mines and mining; transferring the office of the director of the Geological Survey from the jurisdiction of the In- terior Department to the supervision of the Department of Mines and Mining. The following section gives mere insight into the ecope of the bill: Section 3—That the said Department of Mines - and Mining ehall have general jurisdiction aver all the matters pertaining to mines and min- ing industries and the Geological Survey and over al] the matters committed to any Of the bureaus, offices, departments or branches of the public service by this act transferred from other exccutive departments of the Govern- ment to the sald Department of Mines and Mining as fully as the same is now possessed by any of the sald bureaus, offices, depart- ments or branches of the public service from whence the same 1§ €0 transferred, and that the officlal records and papers now on file in and relating to the business of any such bu- reau, office, department or branch of the pub- lic service in_this act transferred to the De- partment of Mines and Mining, together with the furniture now in use in such bureau, offl department or branch of the public service, shall be and is hereby transterred to the De- partment of Mines and Mining. The Redding Searchlight tells of the work in Trinity County, where Horton has been investigating with a view to dredging for gold: D. Horton of Browne Valley has comgle!ed the task of z)rospecung with a Keystone driller 400 acres of placer ground on the Heurteyant place down the river. Two drillers were in operation most of the time since September. The Keystone that was brought down from Trinity Center was set to work on September 20 and the second driller was started up on September 30. Now that the work 18 com- pleted the eecond driller has been shipped back to Butte County, its desunation belng Pa- lermo. The area prospected was 600 yards long from east to west and 300 yards from north to south. The Trinity River flows westerly through the strip. Sixty-nine holes were bored, their depth varying from twenty to forty-six feet. The holes are six inches in dlameter. Prospects were taken every foot and a half. The aurifer- ous sand was panned out in the usual manner and a carefu] record of each was kept. These records will be referred to Pierre Bouery upon his return this month from France. Upon his decision will depend whether the ground of the Valdor Company will pay to work by the dredger process. Mr. Bouery is trustee for the Valdor Company or tne Heurtevant inter- ests, Little or no hydraulicking has been done on the Heurtevant mine since the murder of the owner, Francis Heurtevant, ; The old Ball mine in Siskiyou County will be reopened. Supplies for six months have been sent to the mine. The prop- erty has been idle something like two years, owing to litigation. It is in the Salmon district. Formerly it was owned by the Yreka Mill and Mining Company. The principal parties concerned were resl- dents of Ohio. Coneerning work in Siskiyou County in general, the Yreka Journal reports: A, J. Fabriclus and others are constructing a ‘large reservolr at Little Humbug for the ompany recently bonding. all the claims on that stream for storing water to be used in hydraulic piping against the creek banks. Lit- tie Humbug i9.a rich gold creek, but dry most of the year, hence the effort to raise the bedrock water for steam power piping. The Yreka Creek dredger i kept running constantly day and night, but the water in the creek Is getting low. The Shasta Courier reports the bond- ing of the Greenhorn claims in the French Gulch region. The account is, in part, as follows: The French Guich district, €0 long known for its gold production, carries also many pay- ing copper propositions. Nothing, though, on a large scale has so far been done to the West of Keswick with the baser of metals. A deal completed within the past few days, however, promises much for that district, The Greenhotn group, which consists of six claims, about 120 acres, and located near French has been bonded to J. B. Keating, B manager of the Bully Hill Mining and Smelting Company. The deal is made by e able copper operator on his own account and has nothing to do with his official con- nection with the well-known producer at Delamar. K The claims referred to are’owned by the Warren Brothers of Millville, who bonded them to John Cannon, and he has now re- bonded to Mr. Keating. It is the latter's in- tention to immediately commence active work on_the property. of operations on the ‘The commencement” copper belt g0 far to the west of the famous Iron Mountain group, which has dlways been the extreme western end of energetic develop- ments in copoer, will be good news for lo- cators through thet country, who have long hoped for copper operators to invest in that sectlon. ORE RATES ARE REDUCED, A matter of considerable interest to the miners of the newer districts in Nevada is treated by the Goldfield Sun, which makes the following report: The long-talked-of ~cha; i rata oF et ihe_ outsids, ameliers. pasiag last come about. Though the reductions are not very great, it Is considered a step in the right direction’ and: gives the mine owners of Goldflellg a Ch‘ncet t; fllfl ore profitably which formerly could nof at a loss. 18l ‘thougnt that s _— be necessary, Superintendent Tripp of the Tonopah and Goldfields Railroad will listen to 2 delegation of mine owners agree to any reasonable concessions. Under the old rates ores in value from $25 to $50 were ‘hauled from Goldfield to Mina for $6 per ton. Three grades of this ore are Bow made. Ore not exceeding $30 hauled between the above points for’ 32 10; 88, cvar §00. to. $40. $3;80; ore over $40 to $50, The rate to Salt Lake on $30 to $40 ore is 85, and over $40 to $50 is $675. From To- nopah to Mina the rates on the two first &rades ‘are 60 cents per ton less, and on the hl!hel' l‘rlduexl 20 per ton less. t is claimed. that this reduction will en- | able mine owners hereafter to ship $40 ore profitably, The bulk of the ore shipped out of Tonopah is sald not to exceed $40 per tom. Those who are close at figuring claim that the rate of this kind of ore to Salt Lake being 7 80 per ton, with treatment and sampling at 11, and mining, sacking and sorting at $6, it brings the total up to $20, which should leave a margin of $15 profit. The larger mines which it is thought can easily average 300 tons per day are thus open to make large prof- its, and will eventually be in a position to 2ay dividends. On ore over $00 to $100 the old rate from Goldfield to Mina was 36 50, but it is now | $56 05, and_on ore over $100 to §150 the old Tate was $7 85, and Is now $6 50. The clalm is made that the present rate is less than what it was formerly from Tonopah, when thousands of tons were profitably shipped. A revival in mining is now predicted in many properties that have practically lain dor- mant for some time, It 1s a well-known fact that thousands of tons of ore have been lying sacked at many of the Goldfield mines for some months awaiting a readjustment of the rates, and in il probability “these will now be shipped and more miners will be put to work before very long breaking more ore. Should this occur, Goldfield will experience a repefition of the prosperous times when 5o many lessees were sacking and shipping ore & little over a year ago. ARE NOT HYDRAULICKING. The Miner Transcript, published at Nevada City, under the caption of “no hydraulicking can go on at present,” publishes the following editorial sum- mary of the conditions in Nevada County: ‘Within the last few days the waters of the Yuba River as they flow past Marysville have been muddy. This has led the residents ot that city to fear that hydraullc mining is be- ing lllegally carried on and the Democrat Voices this apprehension. Let us assure the Democrat that physical conditions in these hills and mountains at present absolutely prevent hydraulic mining, legal or illegal, and the injunction of the drought is tighter than that of any court ever in existence. With conditions such as now obtain none of the monitors, even in the old days, would have sufficlent héad to scatter a feather bed. The mills are silent and all the water that comes down the ditches is scarcely sufficlent for the domestic needs of Grass Valiey and Ne- vada City. The mines are closed down. The muddiness of the river may have been due to work on the ditches. On Friday and Saturday it was noted that the Middle Yuba, on which there is no hydraulicking, carried some loam, and it is not improbable that some ditch that was blocked broke and ground sluiced down a hillside. But In that event, it scems to us, all the debris would have been kept back by the Government barrier below Parks Bar bridge, and may it not be that the trouble is closer to Marysville than the bar- rier? May not a dredge have struck a streak of mud? The Democrat speaks of illegal mining on the Bear River. We know nothing about that, but the recent heavy rain is more likely to have washed down earth from the plowed farms and orchards, it would appear, than that a hydraulic mine could be developed with no head of water in the ditches. There are many farms and orchards on that watershed. —_—— BANK OF CALIFORNIA HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM BY PEOPLE Integrity and Safe and Progressive Business Methods Have Brought the Old Institution Prosperity. “It's a good old bank and the people have confidence in it. It'll be here as long as there is a San Francisco.” This was the tribute paid to the Bank of California by* &n' old-time" business’ man recently, and it expresses some of the esteem, aimost reaching veneration, in which this solid institution is held by the people of this city and the en- tire West. The Bank of California is certainly deserving of all the kind words that can be said of it, for it has been a rock of strength in the financial world and a safeguard for a legion of depositors and others who have done their financial business with it. The Bank of California was founded in 1864. Associated with it have al- ways been men of the highest financial tanding, of the safest business meth- ods and the Keenest business acumen— men whose names were an_earnest of integrity and stability—and from the start inspired a confidence that nothing could shake. As a result the Bank of California progressed every year of its existence, and with a rapidity that was remarkable even in the rapidly groav- ing California metropolis. It has redched, as the year 1906 is about to begin, a height in the financial and banking world, a position of wealth and influence, that mark it as one of the stanchest concerns of its kind in L‘ex!stence and give it a clientele that extends over a wide range of business and individual interests, all safeguard- ed by the integrity of this solid insti- tution. The magnitude of the Bank of Cali- fornia and its splendid financial stand- ing are shown by its latest statement, issued last October, as follows: ASSET! Loans and discounts . Bank premises . Other real estate . Mdse, L-Cr. account. Sundry stocks and bo: Government bonds ......$ 625,650.00 Due from Banks and Bankers ... 6,887,120.08 Money on hand .. es. 4,942,858.05 $25,314,373.00 250,000.00 867,311.55 11,955,128.13 $42,7686 10 LIABILITIES: Capital paid in gold coin..$ 4,000,000.00 Surplus and undivided profits . .e cess 9,661,8233.00 Dividends paid 182.00 - Anglo-Californian Bank (LIMITED) Capital authorized .........coocennnen Subscribed .. N. B. CORNER PINE AND SANSOME STREETS HEAD OFFICE—18 Austin Friars, London, E. C. AGENTS AT NEW YORK—J. & W. SELIGMAN & CO, 21 Broad St. The Bank transacts a General Banking Business, sells darafts. makes telegraphic transfers and issues letters of credit available throughout the world, sends bils for collection, loans money, buys and sells exchange and bullion. . MANAGERS: IGN. STEINHART P.N. LILIENTHA J. FRIEDLANDER, CASHIER OIL--WATER We Manufacture IRON PIPE For Mining, Irrigating, Power Plants and Water Works CASING For Oil Wells and Artesian Water , W.W.MONTAGUE & CO. San Francisco CITY STREET IMPROVEMENT COMPANY GENERAL CONTRACTORS MILLS BUILDING, FIFTH FLOOR ROOMS 10, 11, 12 & 45. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. TELEPHONE PRIVATE EXCHANGE 537 1,085,509.94 Acceptances under : 77,909.25 Other liabilities Due banks and bank- ers .......$ 7,758,876.39 Due othes T depositors 20,206,914.53 27,960,790.91 $42,766,235.10 —_— The bank buys and sells forelgn and domestic exchange, makes telegraphic transfers of money on all points and issues commercial and travelers' let- ters of credit available in all parts of the world. The officers of the bank are: Homer S. King, president; Charles R. Bishop, Vice-president; Frank B. ’Anderson, vice-president; Irving F. Moulton, cashier; H. Daniels, assistant cashier; Willlam R. Pentz, assistant cashier; Arthur L. Black, assistant cashier; Allen ‘M. Clay, secretar: James D. Ruigles, assistant secretar. William Mackintosh, general manager northern branches. Portland—William A. Macrae, mana- ‘ger; James T. Burtchaell, assistant manager. Tacoma—Samuel M. Jackson, mana- ger; BE. J. Cooper, assistant manager. Seattle—Ernest C. Wagner, manager; Geo. T. S. White, assistant manager, Virginia City, Nevada—John W. Eck- ley, agent. - Directors—James M. Allen, attorney- at-law; Frank B. Anderson, vice-presi dent; Willlam Babcock, Parrott & C Charles R. Bishop, capitalist; Antoine Borel, Ant. rel & Co., hl.‘)k- ers; Warren D. Clar! ‘Willlams, mond & Co.; . E. man, banke Rdward W. Hopkins, capitalist; Homer S. King, president; John F. Merrill, Holbrook, Merrill & _Stetson; Jacob Stern, Levi Strauss & Co.; Joseph S. To- bin, attorney-at-law. The prosperity of the Bank of Cali- fornia has made a new home for it nec- essary, and the magnificent building with classic outlines that it is soon to occupy, a full da-crauon of which has been given in The 11, will be one of the ornaments of the city. — ——e——————— The startling assertion that 70 per cent of bakers’ laborers are affected with tu- berculosis was made at a recent meeting of the International Tuberculosis Soclety Heves that bread is an important factor in the propagation of that disease, Refiners o Petroleum AND DEALERS IN PENNSYLVANIA OILS LUBRICATING OILS and GREASES MARINE ENGINE OILS ANIMAL OIL BOILER COMPOUND, ASPHALTUM VEGETABLE OIL LINSEED OIL FISH OIL DISTILLATES and PARAFFINE WAX King Keystone 0il Co. 206 CALIFORNIA STREET Telephone - MAIN 1786 A DROP OF INK MAKES MILLIONS THINK 2000 NEWSPAPERS ARE PRINTED WITH OUR INK. WE MAKE 10,000 LBS. OF PRINTING INK PER DA PRINTING AND LIiTHO. INK. MAIN OFFICE—#5 Commereial St., San Francisco. BRANCH OFFICES: CHIC. POR’ SHANGHAL China. MAZATLAN, Mex. LOS ANGELES, HONOLULU, H. L, CITY 0! ¥ MEXICO, TOKIO, Japan, HONGKONG, China, - FACTORIES—San Franeisco and West Berkeley.